Princess De Ling, a female official around Empress Dowager Cixi in the Qing Dynasty, recorded in her book Royal Fragrance Record that Cixi was 70 years old and her skin was as white and smooth as a girl.
What beauty tricks does Cixi have to make her skin as white and tender as a girl? What's the secret of staying attractive at seventy?
First, Cixi takes pearl powder every ten days. The weight of pearl powder is very heavy, which makes her skin look smooth and shiny.
Second, petal fumigation bath. Cixi asked the maid to prepare a large basin of hot water and steamed noodles soaked in seasonal flowers every day.
When you take a bath, you will sprinkle a lot of roses or jasmine into the water and enjoy the nourishment brought by flowers among the flowers.
Third: egg yolk (clear) plus cinnabar mask. Someone recorded: "Knock a small hole with an egg to make it clear and yellow." Fill the eggs with vermilion powder and then seal the holes with wax. Put it in the henhouse with other chickens to hatch, and let the hens hatch. When the chicks hatch, take out the cinnabar eggs. Taking medicine from the skin and applying it to the face can make the face white and red, smooth and moist. Egg white coating, wrinkle removal, pleasing to the eye; Cinnabar is used alone, which is beneficial to the spirit and pleasing to the face; The two complement each other. "
Fourth, apply "jade powder" every day. Namely: Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Petunia, Flos Caryophylli, Bombyx Batryticatus, Asari, Rhizoma Typhonii and eight other herbs, such as Lotus Root, Spatholobus Spatholobus, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Gan Song, Rhizoma Dioscoreae Septemlobae, An Baili and Sandalwood, are ground into fine powder, thickened with water, used for massaging cheeks, and then washed with hot water. Two or three times a day.
Among them, white lilac, eagle white and pigeon white are sparrow excrement, eagle excrement and pigeon excrement respectively. Don't underestimate these animal droppings. They not only have the effect of eliminating accumulation and dullness, but also have the magical effect of prevent wrinkles and scar.
Legend has it that when Cixi was 68 years old, a 29-year-old British boy walked into the Forbidden City and was fascinated by Cixi's style. Later, the Englishman claimed to be Cixi's lover. This shows how effective the beauty of Cixi is.